Tuesday, September 28, 2010

Limpopo Youth Rally


Limpopo's Youth Rally was held in a township called "Namakgale". This was a great 4 days! These days kicked off with an opening service on Thursday night, but many youth were not able to arrive until Friday.
On Friday we split the youth up into 5 teams and had 5 different game stations for them to go to. We taught them how to play tennis on the Wii Nintendo, Charades, Honey If You Love Me Smile, The Hiya Game, and Spoons. They really enjoyed all of these games.



The services everynight were so powerful! We saw many youth empowered and taken into a deeper relationship with Christ. Many were saved and we saw three young ladies delivered from demon possession. This was very sad, because one of the ladies was saved but her family used her for witchcraft. Another one of the ladies was also saved but her neighbors were coming over with a needle and removing blood from her and using her for occult practices against her will. They were delivered and then we prayed for their protection.
On Saturday we went out and did open air evangelism. This was a neat experience! All of the youth went down the streets dancing and singing. They would then stop at a corner where someone would begin to preach. Many people would listen as they would preach and there was one granny who gave her life to Christ. I pray that she realizes that Jesus is the only way. Many people in South Africa practice syncretism, which is where they believe in Jesus and go to church but yet they also practice ancestral worship and visit Sangoma's (witchdoctors).
On Sunday before the service all the youth split up into groups and went door to door to invite people to church and to pray or do as the Spirit lead. This was very incredible! We got to meet so many people and were able to pray with some. One couple "Maggie and Elliot" were previously a part of a cult here in South Africa (Z.C.C. / Zionists Christian Church), but they had quit going due to the leaders of the church offending them. Elliot told Duduzile (one of the youth, as he didn't speak English) that he knew he needed to accept Jesus and wanted to. This whole time I saw how just above his head there was ZCC things hanging on his wall (ZCC all have a picture of the leader in their houses it is a requirement as they pray to this man). We ministered to him and lead him to Jesus and afterwards asked if there was anything specifically we could pray for. He told us of a concern that had to do with demonic activity in his house. We ministered to him again and told him he needed to remove the ZCC things from his wall as they gave an open door for satan to enter in. The man seemed very sincere so we praise God for this. Please continue to pray for him and Maggie with me that they will begin to go to a born-again church and will seek after the trinity and not after the occult.













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